I've essentially given away (for $5 a crack) a couple of dozen Shugart and
Siemens Single-Sided drives after aligning and otherwise cleaning and
repairing the things that seemed necessary. When I offered these drives
here, last June, there were no takers. Apparently the packing and shipping
costs, which I'd had quoted for me at Mailboxes, etc, were too much for the
folks on the list. It's too late now, of course.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Arfon Gryffydd <arfonrg_at_texas.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 12:49 PM
Subject: Cadigital & 8" drives (was: Re: )
>I need a Shugart 800/801 (or two)... Is this what people are looking to
>bulk buy?
>
>A
>
>>> >>> Still a reliable surplus vendor, incidentally:
>>> >>> http://www.cadigital.com/
>>> >>> Perhaps the best-known NOS selection of 8" floppy drives anywhere in
>the
>>> >>> world, as well as 8" media and cleaning kits.
>>> >> Some of the prices don't look like they have been updated in a decade
>>> >> though, 2 MB ram simms for $59 etc.
>>
>>> >With most surplus vendors, I've had very good luck with bargaining
>>> >on items having obviously outdated posted prices. But make a
reasonable
>>> >offer, not a really lowball one, or they'll not bother to talk to you.
>>
>>> Or a quantity offer... If you buy 3 at a reasonable offer instead of
just
>>> 1, they're much more willing to take the deal.
>>
>>> Maybe if anyone wants a Dragon we should coordinate it here first, then
>>> just make a bulk purchase?!?!?
>>
>>Well, I volounteer (sp?), since I'm about to buy some.
>>Any wishes ?
>
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